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Bharat 2020 (Navya Sahastrakacha Bhavishyavedh) (भ
इसवीसन २०२० पर्यंत किंवा जमल्यास त्याच्याही आधी प्रगत भारत उभा करणे हे हस्तिदंती मनोर्यात बसून चितारलेले मिथ्या स्वप्न नव्हे किंवा केवळ आशावादही नव्हे. खरे तर, ही अथक परिश्रमांची मागणी करणारी आणि अव्याहत चालणारी मोहीम आहे. आपण सारे त्यात मनापासून सहभागी होण्याचा अवकाश... मोहीम यशस्वी झालीच म्हणून समजा!
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Thoughts for Change-We can do it
Since ancient India, the leading scientists had contributed immensely to the revolutionary progress made in the fields of science and technology. Today, the intellectual evolution in our country is seen in limited areas of developmental work. The empowerment of Indian youth depends on the technological progress that can reform the policies of economic competitiveness and social prosperity by bringing in newer and ground breaking changes. In the future of India the budding intellectual minds, therefore, can play a crucial role by igniting the spark lying within the human potential to reach the pinnacle of glory in our nationhood.
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Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges
It was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. I had delivered a lecture Vision to Mission and the session got extended from one hour to two. I had lunch with a group of research students and went back to class. As I was returning to my rooms in the evening the vice- chancellor, Prof. A. Kalanidhi, fell in step with me. Someone had been frantically trying to get in touch with me through the day, he said. Indeed, the phone was ringing when I entered the room. When I answered, a voice at the other end said, The prime minister wants to talk with you ... Some months earlier, I had left my post as principal scientific adviser to the government of India, a Cabinet-level post, to return to teaching. Now, as I spoke to the PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, my life was set for an unexpected change. Turning Points takes up the incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off. It brings together details from his career and presidency that are not generally known as he speaks out for the first time on certain points of controversy. It offers insight not only into an extraordinary personality but also a vision of how a country with a great heritage can become great in accomplishment, skills and abilities through effort, perseverance and confidence. It is a continuing saga, above all, of a journey, individual and collective, that will take India to 2020 and beyond as a developed nation.
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You Are Unique
The thoughts of A P J Abdul Kalam, in You Are Unique, with their heartfelt sincerity, chiselled logic and experienced intuition are amazing lamps on the path of life, giving strength to seek one's Unique Self. This book draws an unforgettable blue print of success for all. One lesson that shimmers from every page of this book is hope. Whether in failure or in success, there is always a clear vision of future. In human life as well as in the corporate world, the value of vision, leading to planning, followed by action should not be underestimated. The success smiles on those who dream and act. A message of spirituality, honesty, being unselfish and the value of giving emerges from these pages as from his life. The world has changed and there is a need for awakening together the head and the heart. While poems touch the heart and leave a deep impression, his prose leads you to think how to go beyond the rock walls of conditioning, perceptions and prejudices to achieve success and fulfilment. Clearly presented thoughts, in You Are Unique, become our inspiration and constant companion, flashing 'upon the inward eye' at our decision making, vision creating as well as ordinary moments of life. Visually appealing, illuminating, dotted with his simple and charming experiences of life, you will love to read this book again and again. About the Author Born on 15th October 1931 at Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram district, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam is one of the most distinguished and world acclaimed scientists of India. He has received several awards including the highest civilian award of India— Bharat Ratna. He rose from being a technocrat to the 11th President of India, the largest democracy in the world. His penetrating vision and deep concern for removing human misery places him in the class of prophet poets and writers who inspire and elevate fellow human beings and show the path for being noble, honest and true to oneself, to discover one’s unique self. Dr Kalam writes: "What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured..." A P J Abdul Kalam
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Target 3 Billion: Innovative Solutions Towards Sus
With 750 million people living in villages, India has the largest rural population in the world. Based on his Indian experience, Dr Kalam recommends a sustainable and inclusive development system called PURA Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas to uplift the rural masses not by subsidies but through entrepreneurship with community participation. To make his case, Dr Kalam cites the examples of individuals and institutions, in India and from across the world, who, with an entrepreneurial spirit and a burning desire to make a difference, have successfully generated and tapped into the potential of the rural masses. Fabio Luiz de Oliveira Rosa changed the face of the rural district of Palmares, Brazil, by acquiring for the farmers access to electricity and water, which effect combined with better agricultural methods led to an increase in prosperity and stemmed the migration to the cities. The 123-strong Magar clan owned Magarpatta, a 430-acre plot on the outskirts of Pune, Maharashtra. In the 1990s, they organized and set up the Magarpatta city which is now home to over 35,000 residents and a working population of 65,000, and boasts of an IT park.
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Inspired India
Zara Murao is news editor with the Hindustan Times in Mumbai. A graduate in literature from Sophia College, University of Mumbai, she earlier worked with the Indian Express, heading the city desk there and later at HT. She has written several travelogues for both newspapers and worked on a number of special series.
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Guiding Souls
What is to become of me? How can I get on my own into a world that seems filled with conflict and strife? How do I cope with day-to-day pressures? How can my life be useful and happy? These and other such questions are frequently put by students and young professionals, to the visionary President of India, wherever he goes. The booki offers to answer many such questions
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Ignited Minds
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India" goes the logical next step and examines why, given all our skills, resources and talents, we, so obviously capable of being the best, settle so often for the worst. What is it that we as a nation are missing? For at the heart of "Ignited Minds" is an irresistible premise: the people of a nation have the power, by dint of hard work, to realize their dream of a truly good life. Kalam offers no formulaic prescription in "Ignited Minds," Instead, he takes up different issues and themes that struck him on his pilgrimage around the country as he met thousands of school children, teachers, scientists and saints and seers in the course of two years: the necessity for a patriotism that transcends religion and politics; for role models who point out the path to take; and for confidence in ourselves and in our strengths. Who was he to write on so large a theme, he wondered as he started writing this book. But at the end, Kalam's humility notwithstanding, this may well prove to be the book that motivates us to get back on the winning track and unleash the energy within a nation that hasn't allowed itself full rein.
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Admya Jiddh
अदम्य जिद्द' हे डॉ.ए.पी.जे.अब्दुल कलाम यांनी विविध प्रसंगी, विविध ठिकाणी केलेली भाषणे, संवाद, चर्चा यांचे संकलन आहे. रामेश्वरच्या सागरतीरापासून ते राष्ट्रपती भवनापर्यंतच्या त्यांच्या विलक्षण जीवनप्रवासाचे लख्ख प्रतिबिंब यात उमटले आहे. 'अदम्य जिद्द' हे आहे त्यांच्या जीवनविषयक दृष्टिकोनाचे व चिंतनाचे सार. विकसित भारताचे स्वप्न पाहणा-या एका थोर, द्रष्ट्या नेत्याचा कणखर आदर्श या पुस्तकात पाहायला मिळतो. हा आहे एका मूल्यप्रेमी, देशभक्त, सच्च्या ज्ञानोपासकाच्या नितळ काळजाचा उत्कट उद्गार ! अनेक घटना, प्रसंग, कथा, सुविचार यांची ओघवती माला गुंफत डॉ.ए.पी.जे.अब्दुल कलाम आपल्याला एका चिंतनशील विचारवंत, वैज्ञानिक, शिक्षक व राष्ट्रपती अशा विविध भूमिकांमध्ये भेटतात, त्यांतून त्यांच्या व्यक्तित्वाचे मार्गदर्शक व प्रेरणादायी असे विविध पैलू झळाळून उठले आहेत. हे अनमोल विचारधन सर्वांनाच विचारास प्रवृत्त करणारे व आदर्शवत आहे.
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Envisioning An Empowered Nation
India has a rich heritage and a talended workforce and is emerging as a knowledge society. Yet, over 26% of the population is below the poverty line, illitercy and large scale unemployment persist.
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Wings Of Fire
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, The Son Of A Little-Educated Boat-Owner In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Had An Unparalled Career As A Defence Scientist, Culminating In The Highest Civilian Award Of India, The Bharat Ratna. As Chief Of The Country`S Defence Research And Development Programme, Kalam Demonstrated The Great Potential For Dynamism And Innovation That Existed In Seemingly Moribund Research Establishments. This Is The Story Of Kalam`S Rise From Obscurity And His Personal And Professional Struggles, As Well As The Story Of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul And Nag--Missiles That Have Become Household Names In India And That Have Raised The Nation To The Level Of A Missile Power Of International Reckoning